A Hundred Dead People in My Truck

Updated: 18:54, Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Tuesday, 9 December at 10.15pm, RTÉ News presents the gripping documentary A Hundred Dead People in My Truck about the awe-inspiring work of three Irish people working in Haiti.

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News Special 2: RTÉ News presents the gripping documentary about the awe-inspiring work of aid workers in Haiti
News Special 2: RTÉ News presents the gripping documentary about the awe-inspiring work of aid workers in Haiti

RTÉ News presents the gripping documentary A Hundred Dead People in My Truck about the awe-inspiring work of aid workers in Haiti.

The programme captures the triumph of the human spirit in the face of hunger, terror and want - and chronicles Haitian stories of love, despair, kidnapping and Voodoo.

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Warning: Viewers may find some of the images from the kidnapping and hurricance scenes disturbing

THE PEOPLE

gena heraty




Westport-born Gena Heraty runs an orphanage near Port au Prince








dr louise ivers




Dublin-born Dr Louise Ivers works in two hospitals in the poorest country in the western hemisphere







fr rick frechette



Fr Rick Frechette spends every Thursday burying hundreds of people who would be otherwise eaten by pigs

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